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Tonight "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is on, and that makes me happy. I've already checked the time and station (8:30 p.m. on ABC), even if these days one is hardly beholden to traditional TV broadcasts to watch a favorite show. Because there is something about watching Charlie Brown when it airs that seems to usher in the holiday season just perfectly. Thinking about watching it years ago with my brother while sitting on a shaggy rug makes me think sweetly of Christmas time at home with my Mom. And getting to share the show with my own kids for the last decade and a half has been a whole other kind of sweet. It's the sort of show you want your kids to watch this time...

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Tonight "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is on, and that makes me happy. I've already checked the time and station (8:30 p.m. on ABC), even if these days one is hardly beholden to traditional TV broadcasts to watch a favorite show. Because there is...

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There will be no NFC North crown...